Thomas Jefferson was president from 1801 to 1809. He wrote the Declaration of Independence while he was a member of Viginia's delegation to Congress 1775-1776. Because h…e was in Europe, Jefferson took no part in writting the US Constitution.

He was a strict constructionist but during one of his terms he did a lot of loose constructionist thing, like buying Louisiana. But he is a strict constructionist and he lead …all the others, against Alexander Hamilton who was the opposite of him and was a loose constructionist and lead that party.

The main constitutional issue he faced was the right of the government to buy foreign territory. He had the opportunity to buy the Louisiana Territory and thought it was wise …to do so, but the constitution does not give the federal government that power.

History of the United States

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